Massachusetts Annual Rainfall see below for individual
cities
Massachusetts Annual Rainfall see below for individual
cities
Massachusetts city precipitation totals
| City | Avg Annual Precip |
Avg Snow Annual |
Avg. days of Precip |
| Blue Hill | 51.22 | 60.8 | 134 |
| Boston | 42.53 | 43.2 | 126 |
| Worcester | 49.05 | 69.1 | 133 |
| State Average - 47.88 inches, 14th wettest in U.S. | |||
Massachusetts Precipitation Records
- Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Nantucket, southeastern Massachusetts, 37.43"
- Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Chester, southwestern Massachusetts, 61.65"
- Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: West Cunningham, west central Massachusetts, 85.0"
- State precipitation maximum for 24 hours - Westfield, southwestern Massachusetts, 8/18-19/1955, 18.15"
- State precipitation maximum for 1 year - New Salem, central Massachusetts, 1996, 76.49"
- State snow maximum for 24 hours - Worcester, central Massachusetts, 3/31-4/1/1997, 33.0"
- State snow maximum for 1 season - Monroe, northwestern Massachusetts, 1892, 1893, 162.0"
Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center